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Inscribed Stele Fragment (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Inscribed Stele Fragment: Dedication to Men Axiottenos
- Date
- 2nd–3rd century AD?, Roman
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- IN66.022
- Material
- Marble, Stone
- Object Type
- Stele, Inscription
- Inscription Type
- Religious Inscription
- Inscription language
- Greek
- Inscription Text
0 [ Μηνὶ Ἀξιοτ]- τ̣ηνῷ [ ] [ . ]ΩΝ ἀπο[ ] [ . ]ΟΣ καὶ ΤΑ̣[ ] 4 [ . ]Ε̣ΩΝ αὐτ[ ἀπο]- [δί]δ̣ομεν̣ [ ]
- Inscription Translation
- “[- - - To Men Axiot]tenos [- - - - - -] and [- - -] we restore [- - -].”
- Inscription Comment
- Site
- Sardis
- Sector
- Syn
- Trench
- Syn W 66
- Locus
- Syn MH Above Floor
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E35.5 / N23.05 *96.33
- Findspot
- Bath-Gymnasium Complex, southwest corner of Palaestra colonnade.
- Description
Fragment of a stele of white marble, broken on all sides except for a small part of the left edge.
- Dimensions
- H. 0.18, W. 0.18, Th. 0.05, H. of letters 0.02.
- Comments
Herrmann’s supplements; he underlines their partly hypothetical character.
2 Perhaps Υ̣ΩΝ.
4 Ε̣ΩΝ rather than Σ̣ΩΝ.
4–5 See no. 461, 5–6.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Unpublished. Herrmann, ms.
- Author
- GP